do you write essays in present tense The literary present tense is used in historical writing as well accordingly, when you write using the literary present tense, you use the present tense to discuss fictional events (eg, things happening in a novel or short story) while the past tense is used to discuss historical events (eg, things that happened in the life of the writer.
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